Jim James, whose other gig is with My Morning Jacket, performs Saturday with Monsters of Folk at the Louisville Palace.
By Rachel Seed, Special to The Courier-Journal

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There was no lack of sweetly surreal moments at Saturday night's Monsters of Folk show, from a ninja assassin swaying gently to a soft ballad to a 6-foot rabbit trying to hump Gene Simmons' leg. Maybe the band should play only Halloween gigs from now on, because everything else is surely downhill from here. Or at least a lot less colorful.

Jim James, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and the fifth Folk, Will Johnson, could easily have gotten by with their standard 21/2-hour set at the Louisville Palace. But in honor of the occasion, they delivered an encore in full KISS regalia, surrounded by ...